CCI-003184

Require an independent agent satisfying organization-defined independence criteria to verify the evidence produced during security testing and evaluation.

Implementation Guidance

The organization being inspected/assessed requires within contracts/agreements that an independent agent satisfying independence criteria defined in SA-11 (3), CCI 3185 verify the evidence produced during security testing/evaluation.

Validation Procedures

The organization conducting the inspection/assessment obtains and examines the contracts/agreements to ensure the organization being inspected/assessed requires that an independent agent satisfying independence criteria defined in SA-11 (3), CCI 3185 verify the evidence produced during security testing/evaluation.

Compelling Evidence

1.) System security plan (SSP). 2.) System development life cycle (SDLC) documentation must require an independent agent to verify the evidence produced during security testing/evaluation.

The controls below (if any) were marked by NIST as being related to CCI-003184.